Sad-iron with removable handle



(NoModeL J. F. BLESS.

SADJIRON WITH REMOVABLE HANDLE. No; 379,044. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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JAMES F. BLESS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SAD-IRON WITH REMOVABLE HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent No. 379,044, dated March 6, 1888.

I Application filed May 28, 1887. Serial No. 239,622. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES F. BLEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons with Removable Handles, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved construction for a sad-iron body and handle, whereby the manufacture of the parts may be materially cheapened, the durability of the working parts increased, and the accuracy of their fit be improved at a diminished cost. These objects are attained partly by a modification in the form of the guides upon the sad-iron body and the plate attached to the handle, partly by casting the latch-lever with integral pivots and casting the handleplate with open-sockets to receive the same, and partly in the combination, with the ironbody, of awrought-iron stud with flaring head, (like a machine-screw,) to engage with a beveled seat upon the handle-plata and with a hook upon the latch.

The improvement consists in the particular construction herein described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section at the center of the iron and its attached handle, a few of the parts not being in section where the hatching is omitted. Fig. 2 is a plan of the iron-body. Fig. 3 is a view of the upper side of the handle-plate with the wooden handle removed. Fig. 4 is a view of the under side of the handle-plate, and Fig. 5 is a plan of the spring enlarged. Fig. 6 is a detached View of the latch and latch-spring upon a larger scale. Fig. 7 is asection of the body of the iron on line x m in Fig. 2, with a section of the handle-plate d on line 3/ y in Fig. 4; the rounded seat t'upon the handle-plate being shown in contact with the lugs 0 upon the body of the iron, as when in use.

a is the body of the iron, provided at its middle with a wrought-iron stud, b, having flaring circular head,and shown screwed in the body of the iron by a threaded shank, b. The top of the body is also provided near each end with a pointed oval lug, 0, upon the top of which the handle-plate d is supported when applied to the iron. A wooden holder, (1', is

attached to the plate d by screws d, in the usual manner, and the plate is provided in its center with an aperture, 5 fittedto the head of the stud and beveled or flared upward upon its rear edge to form a conical seat, f, to fit beneath the flaring head of the stud. The front side of the opening g is provided with a tapering edge, 9, to guide the stud toward the seat f when the plate is applied to the stud.

To guide the plate longitudinally in its application to the stud and to steady it laterally when secured thereon, the plate is provided upon its under side with marginal ribs h, terminated at each end with rounded seats t, adapted to fit snugly at each side of the lug c, and to thus keep the plate from turning. The ribs h guide the operatorin applying the seats to the lugs, the rounded shape of the seats forming between them a tapering channel, into which the lug easily slips and fits closely when the stud engages the seatf and is secured by the latch.

The adjustment of the seats to the lugs is shown in Fig. 7, where the handle-plate is represented in section at a pointjust over the lugs a, with the wooden holder d removed.

The latch is formed of cast metal with lever k, hook Z, handle m, and integral pivots n, fitted into sockets 0, which are open upon the under side of the plate to permit the introduction of the pivots from the'lower side of the plate without drilling holes in either casting.

A flat spring, 8, is applied in a recess, 6, in the top of the plate d, beneath the port-ion of the lever between the pivots n, and the lever is formed with a tail-piece, p, which strikes the spring when the hook Zis lifted sufficiently to clear the head of the stud. The under side of the tail-piece adjacent to the pivots is provided with a short projection, n, which bears upon the middle of the spring and'is'forced upward thereby to press the hook of the latch normally downward.

The operation of the device is as follows: The handle-plate is placed above the iron and pressed downward and forward to effect its engagement with the head of the stud, the ribs h'serving to guide the operator in fittingit upon the stud, and directing the stud approximately into the aperture 9. The flaring edge 9 of the YOU aperture then guides the head of the stud into the latter, in which it meets the hook Z, and pushes it upward in opposition to the spring 8. The rounded sides of the seats 2' guide the plate as it is moved forward to engage the beveled seatf with the flaring head of the stud Z, and when the plate is pressed firmly against the rear side of such head the hook Zdrops upon the front side of the head, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus prevents the retraction of the plate or the withdrawal of the seat f from the stud. The plate may be detached from the iron by first lifting the hook by means of the handle an, to relieve the pressure of the head against the seat f, and then moving the plate longitudinally to retract the seatf from the head, after which the plate may be lifted directly from the iron. The handle an is preferably held beneath the forward end of the holder (1 when grasped in the hand; but it will be noticed that the holder may be fitted reversibly to the iroirbody, as the stud b is placed in the middle of its length, and the seatf is formed in the center of the handleplate, and the lugs c and seatst' are all at equal distances from the center of the iron and handle-plate.

By forming the stud with a tapering head I am enabled to use maehinescrews, tirebolts, and analogous articles which are found in the market already provided with flaring or conical heads,and thus secure an accurately-formed head without any increased cost.

It is immaterial how the wrought-iron stud be fastenedin the body a, as it may be secured therein by casting, with or without a screwthread upon its shank.

I am aware of Patent No. 292,722, dated January 29, 1884, in which is showna circular stud with button-head fitted in the center of an iron-body, and a handle-plate provided with dowel-pins fitted to holes at equidistance from the stud in the body of the iron; and I hereby disclaim said patent and the construction shown therein.

I am aware that it is old to guide a handleplate, in its application to an iron-body, by ribs and projections of various kinds, and that it is common to lock such plate to the body by studs of various kinds and by a latch pivoted upon the handle-plate and operated by lifting, substantially like that shown herein. I therefore disclaim such construetions, broadly, and consider that my present improvement consists in the use of a circular wrought-iron stud with flaring head, applied to the body of the iron at its middle, and in the particular construction of the handleplate to admit and engage with the same, and for connecting the pivots of the latch to such plate without drilling.

Having thus set forth my improvcment,what I claim herein is- 1. In a sad-iron with removable handle, the combination, with the iron-body, of a wroughtiron stud provided with flaring or conical head, a handle-plate provided with aperture 9', having beveled seatf upon its rear edge to fit the head of such stud, and flaring edge 9' upon its front side to guide the stud into the aperture, and alatch pivoted upon the plate and adapted to engage the head of the stud, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a sad-iron with removable handle, the combination, with the iron-body, ofa central stud with flaring head, the pointed oval lugs c, and the handle-plate d, provided with marginal rib h, and seats 1', fitted to the sides of the lug c, the handle-plate being provided with an aperture to receive the stud, and a latch pi voted upon the plate to engage with the same, the whole arranged and operated substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a sad-iron having a removablehaudle and an iron-body with a stud projected from the same to engage with the handle-plate, and with a latch pivoted thereon, the combination, with the handle-plate provided with a recess, 6, and having the socket 0 at its opposite sides open upon the under side of the plate, of the latch formed with lever k, hook I, handle m, and projection 1t, and with integral pivots n, fitted to the said soekets,and the spring 8, applied to the recess and operating upon the projection, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. BLESS.

Witnesses:

Ronr. DRAKE, HENRY J. MILLER. 

